Famous Battles
The Battle of Chickamauga lasted THIS many days.
What is two (2) days?
THIS army retreated from the Battle of Gettysburg after suffering too many losses.
What is the Confederate army?
THIS side won the second Battle of Manassas.
What is the Confederacy?
THIS side hired privateers to attack enemy merchant ships.
What is the Confederacy?
The capture of Vicksburg was important to the Union because the city was located on the shore of THIS river.
What is the Mississippi River?
THIS side won the Battle of Chancellorsville.
What is the Confederacy?
The Battle of Gettysburg lasted THIS many days.
What is three (3) days?
The Battle of Manassas occurred in THIS state: a) South Carolina, b) Tennessee, or c) Virginia.
What is Virginia?
True or False: Union sailors were forbidden to carry sabers or cutlasses.
saber: a heavy cavalry sword with a curved blade and a single cutting edge
cutlass: a short, broad, slightly curved saber with a robust blade and protective hilt
What is false.
The Siege of Vicksburg lasted THIS many days.
What is forty-seven (47) days?
Chickamauga means THIS in Cherokee: a) forest of doom, b) river of blood, or c) southern wind.
What is river of blood?
THIS person led the Confederate troops at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
The Battle of Manassas was known as THIS in the North.
What is the Battle of Bull Run?
The Confederate vessel, HL Hunley, was THIS type of vessel.
What is a submarine?
THIS is why the Siege of Vicksburg ended.
What is the Confederate troops surrendered?
The indecisive Battle of the Wilderness occurred in 1864 in THIS state.
What is Virginia?
THIS nickname was given to General George Pickett's doomed assault on the Union lines.
What is Pickett's Charge?
During the first Battle of Manassas, THIS created much confusion and caused many troops to kill their own soldiers.
What is many soldiers wore the wrong color of uniform?
True or False: The Union created minesweepers to clear floating explosives from Confederate harbors.
What is true?
During the Siege of Vicksburg, THESE soldiers frequently bombarded the city using cannons.
Who are Union soldiers?
THIS Battle marked the first major victory for the Union: a) Antietam, b) Gettysburg, or c) Shiloh
What is the Battle of Shiloh?
Little Round Top was a hill of strategic importance during the Battle of Gettysburg. THIS is the reason the soldiers of the 20th Main Regiment used their bayonets to defend the hill.
What is they ran out of bullets?
THIS slowed the retreat of Union soldiers during the first Battle of Manassas.
What are civilians who had come to watch the fighting?
Ships in the Confederate navy began with the initials CSS. What did this stand for?
What is Confederate States Ship?
THIS general led the Union forces in the Siege of Vicksburg.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?